Wheel.



BRONSON BZLISS, Ol? ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

"WHEEL Application file February 1, 1918.

To all 'wh-071i t may concern.:

Be it known that l, Bnonsos BAmss, a citizen of the 'United States,residing at the city el? St. .Louis and State et Ltissouri, haveinvented a new and useful Wheeh of which 'the following isspecification.

This invention relates to wheels,

The object ot the invention is provide. a demountable wheel of strong,durable and. inexpensive construction and iuclndin'' disks preferablycomposed et sheet metal for supporting the tire in connection with thehub.

Other objects will appear from libe foil lowingI description, referencebeinpY made to the accompanying drawings, in which figure l. isas.elevation oft a. wheel constructed in. acc .rdance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the wheel.

As illustrated my improved wheel structure is constructed upon a hub ofa wheclot the well known Ford automobile, though it will be apparentthat hub of that specific type is not essential and that the inventionmay be combined with hubs of other types without departing from thescope of the inven- .portion 5 fitting upon the hub, aA

tion. The hub of the Ford wheel illustrated includes the bearing portionl in which the axle is j'ournaled and a flange 2 which is integral orrigid with the inner.

end of the hub. lt is in combination with this hub that l haveillustrated my present invention, the parts of which are demountable ordetachable from their connection with the hub, so that the Wheel mayreadily be taken apart for replacement or repair of any oli' the parts,or other purposes, and reassembled. My improved wheel dispenses with theuse of spokes and instead thereof employs an inner disk 3 and an outerdisk fl. both composed preferably of sheet metal otproper quality andgage, and also preferably provided with annular corrugations whereby thestrength of the disks is increased. The corrugations also provide forthe desired resiliency or elasticity'. g

Each of 'the disks has a central opening receiving the hub l, and theinner disk is pressed against the outer surface el the flange 2 by aspacer comprising "niai- NNUU- ferential flange 6 at its inner end and asimilar flange 7 at its outer end. '.lfhcdisk 3 is clamped between theflanges f2 fuid 6.

The outer-disk el is held against the flange specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 21, 19M).

Serial No. 214,826.

T by a clamping member 8 matching the flange 7.

The devices for clamping the several parts together comprise bolts 9passing li-lirough holes in the llange 2, being screwed into threadedholes in members 10 which are seated in appropriate openings or recessesin the flange 6; and bolts l1 passing through holes in the member 8, thedisk l and the llange and engaging in threaded holes in 'tbe members l0.Thus the bolts 9 and-11 eopcrating with the members l0, constitute'reinas-able o r detachable clamps for holding the various parts 1nassembled connection; and said bolts, being releasable or de tachable,permit demounting of the wheel or detachment of any of the parts thereofwith Very little inconvenience.

The outer or peripheral portion of the wheel is composed of a metallicring l2 bent or folded to provide at each edge thereof a circumferentialflange composed of an in ner wall 13 and an outer Wall 14, the samebeing made by spaced. portions of the folded sheet metal. The peripheraledge of the disk 3 is embraced between the walls 13 and lll of the.flange at the inner edge of the ring and the peripheral edge of thedisk 4. is emln'aecd between the Walls 13 and lfl of the .flange at theouter edge of the ring. ln the process of construction, afterthc edgesof the rings S and 4 have been properly placed between the walls 13 and14s at the inner and outer edges of the ring l2 respectively,`pressureis applied to the flanges of the ring in order to curve the flanges andthe interposed edges of the disks 3 and 4 and to press the parts intorigid contact so that they will be held in proper connection even underconditions ot hard or rough usage. The pressure applied to the flangesof the ring curves the edges of the :flanges inwardly to form properseats or clcuchers for the pneumatic tire as will be readily understoodby reference to Fig. 2, in which it will be observed that the beads onthe tire engage within the grooves formed by the curving flanges on thering.V

The tire may be inllated through a valve controlled passage l5 which, asshown, extends through one of the Wheel disks.

ji.. wheel of this construction is simple, strong and durable and is noteasily broken or damaged as are wheels employing spokes olr 'theusualconst-ruction. The wheel is readily demountable or detachable, sothat proved Wheel built or erected upon a hub of the Well known Fordautomobile, it is perfectly apparent that the use of the irn--provements is not limited to hubs of that particular type.

What claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ar Wheel composed of a hub; 'two disks connected to the habi and a ringin cone neetion with 'the outer portions of said disks comprising anannule. portion beu tween said disks '.hoiding; 'the outer portionsinermi clamped against 'the inner and outerssurf faces of said disksrespectively, 'whereby said ring holds said disks ,from moving- 'towardand away from each other, the edges of said disks and the Walls of saidflanges being curved inwardly whereby they will retain a tire inposition around said ring.

mossos siiriiiss.

